Butter-working machine



(No Model.)

A. H. REID.

BUTTER WORKING MACHINE.

Patented Aug. 14, 1883 JNYEHTOR 04%; @M, y $90K 70 jittoray Wzwmsggs UNITE STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

ALBAN REID, or PHILADELPHIA, PFNNSYLVANIA,

BUTTER-WORKING MACHINE..

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 283,142, dated August 14, 1883;

Application filed January 18, 1883. (No model.)

'1?) all whom, it 11mg cancer/2 ,The-two wheels H at the-head of the ma- Be it known that I, ALBAN H. REID, of chine are mounted on opposite ends of ashaft,

Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia I, provided with a driving-pulley, J, through and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cerwhich a continuous motion is imparted to the 5 5 5 tain Improvements in Butter-Working Ma-, machine. The rotation of the wheels H imchines, ofwhich the following is a specification. parts a continuous revolving motion to the two This invention relates more particularly to chains, which in turn causes thejpitmen to improvements upon the machine for which move to and fro lengthwise of the machine, the

Letters Patent of the United States were grant upper ends of the pitmen carrying with them 60 r ed to me on the 23d day of March, 1875, the the ends of the roll, which is thus caused to particular object of the invention being to protraverse the tray or box from one end to the vide a means of operating said machine 1n a other, receiving at the same time a motion continuous manner from any suitable motor, upon its own aXis through the medium of the and to admit of this operation when the tray racks and pinions. 6

is placed in an inclined position to secure the It will be observed that the pitmenare our-.

discharge of the fluid from the butter. naled or swiveled upon lugs projecting beyond With these ends in view the invention conthe outer edges of the respective chain's, this sists, mainly, in combining with the traveling arrangement permitting the pitmen to be carroll and the racks and pinions for actuating ried with the chain around the supporting 20 the same an endless chain and pitman,whereby wheels at their ends.

the traveling movement of the roll is effected. The above construction, which provides for Referring to the accompanying drawings, the direct application of power to both ends Figure 1 represents a perspective View of my of the roll, is particularly advantageous in conimproved machine, the roll being driven by nection with machines of large'size. When 7 2 5 chains at both ends. Fig. 2 is an end eleva= machines are constructed on a smaller scale, it

tion illustrating the modification adopted will be sufficient to employ the driving-chain when the machine has a lateral inclination. and pitman at one end only of the roll. Al-

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section through one though this chain applies powerat one end side of the body, showing the stationary bar only, the useof the racks and pinions at both o seated withinthe driving-chain. ends of the roll will cause the latter to be A represents a flat rectangular tray, and B driven equally at its two ends. B two horizontal rack-bars applied lengthwise In many cases it is desirable to secure autoof the tray upon its outer sides: matically the drainage of the fluids from the Q represents the traveling ribbed roller, probutter during the operation of working the 3 5 -vided at its ends with pinions D, which engage same. To accomplish this result I arrange the with the respective racks, and which effect a tray with a lateral inclination, asrepresented positive rotationof the roller as it is moved to in Fig. 2,whereby the fluids are caused to run and fro within the tray. to one side, from which they may be with E represents flat plates j ournaled upon the drawn through a suitable opening. When the p0 ends of the roll, and engaging at their lower parts are thus arranged with an inclination, it

edges beneath the rack-plates for the purpose is desirable that the main driving-shaft shall of retaining the pinions in engagement therestill remain, for the sake of convenience in apwith. plying power thereto, in a horizontal position F F represent two pitmen or connectingupon the main frame. I therefore adopt the 5 rods applied one to each end of the roll outarrangement represented in Fig. 2. The drivside of the tray, and connected at their oppoing-chain and pitmen are used onlyupon onesite ends with the respective endless chains G. the lower-side of the tray. The horizontal These chains are extended lengthwise on opdriving-shaft is mounted in bearings on the site sides of the frame and carried at their ends frame, and provided at one end with a wheel, Io'c 0 by sprocket-wheels H, sustained on the main J, carrying one end of the driving-chain, the

frame. I parts being otherwise arranged as in the pre ceding figure. In this manner motion is communicated positively to the chain and pitmen and thence to the roll. Y

For the purpose of preventing the sagging of the chain, and to give increased steadiness to the parts without making them excessively heavy for the purpose, I propose in each form of machine to secure to the sides of the tray or frame awooden bar, K, filling the space within the chain, as shown in Fig. '3. For the purpose of permitting compensation for wear in the chain I mount the driving-shaft in boxes, which are secured to the main frame by means of slots and bolts, this construction permitting the boxes to be adjusted, in order to increase the tension of the chain, as may be required.

The present invention is restricted to those matters and things which are hereinafter claimed, and as to all matters which may be described or shown, but which are not claimed, the right is reserved to make the same the subject of a separate patent. Having thus described my invention, what I claim 15- i 1. In a butter-worker, the combination of 25 the traveling roll and its pinion, the stationary rack, the endless chain, and the pitman.

2. In a butter-worker, the combination of a traveling roll provided with pinions at its two ends, two fixed racks engaging with said 0 pinions, two endless driving chains or belts, and two pitmen connecting said belts with the ends of the roll.

3. In a butter-worker, the combination of a tray, a traveling roll provided with pinions 5 at its two ends, stationary racks engagingwith said pinions, endless chains connected by pitmen with the opposite ends of the roll, and two driving-wheels for said chains, mounted upon opposite ends of one and the same shaft, 40 whereby an equal motion is transmitted positively to the two ends of the roll.

ALBAN H. REID.

WVitnsses:

JOHN W. LEWIS, GEORGE A. Pansnow. 

